Location:
4532 S. Greenwood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60653
Located Within:
Brooks (Gwendolyn) Park
Supervisor:
Tony Fitzgerald
Artist:
Margot McMahon
Medium:
Bronze, wood, stone
Year Created:
2018
Installed:
2018
Features:
Temporary, Monument, Sculpture
Description
The Chicago Park District, in partnership with the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, The Poetry Foundation, and Brooks Permissions, presents a memorial to Chicago, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks in Brooks Park. The sculpted bust is accompanied by a porch modeled after the poet's childhood writing spot, a stepping stone path etched with quotations from Annie Allen, and a stone circle.
Map & Facilities
Gwendolyn Brooks : The Oracle of Bronzeville | Monument
4532 S. Greenwood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60653
United States
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